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Hugo Boss shares jump as it says it will ‘thoroughly examine’ Frasers offer

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Mike Ashley retail group made near-€2bn takeover bid for fashion house, in which it already has 26% stakeBusiness live – latest updatesShares in Hugo Boss jumped nearly 7% on Thursday after it said it would “thoroughly examine” a near-€2bn takeover offer from Sports Direct owner Frasers Group.Mike Ashley’s fashion and sportswear group has pounced on the German fashion house, of which it already ow...

Twenty-five anti-Isaac Herzog protesters to face joint trial in Sydney

The Guardian • 3 months ago

New South Wales police commissioner Mal Lanyon is among witnesses expected to appear at the six-week trial in July next yearGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwenty-five people who were charged after they protested against the visit of the Israeli president will face a six-week joint trial in July next year.The protesters had their matters heard before Downing centre local...

Twenty five anti-Isaac Herzog protesters to face joint trial in Sydney

The Guardian • 3 months ago

New South Wales police commissioner Mal Lanyon is among the witnesses expected to appear at the six-week trial in July next yearTwenty five people who were charged after they protested against the visit of the Israeli president will face a six-week joint trial next July.The protesters had their matters heard before Downing centre local court on Thursday after their lawyers made a successful applic...

Is the Iran ceasefire over? What the latest US attacks tell us

The Guardian • 3 months ago

A wave of US strikes represent the gravest test yet of the fragile truce. Here’s what happened, what officials are saying and whether the deal can surviveMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US has launched a wave of strikes across southern Iran for a second consecutive day. Although there have been several breaches since a ceasefire was agreed between the two sides in April, the attacks this week...

Met police chief calls for law to make stolen phones ‘unusable bricks’

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Home secretary also urged to force tech firms into sharing data on stolen devices and if they are reactivatedThe Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, has asked the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, to force all phone companies to make stolen devices “unusable bricks” in order to make them harder to sell on and less desirable to steal.London is widely regarded as the phone-snatching ca...

Burke brushes off One Nation threat to his seat – as it happened

The Guardian • 3 months ago

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWong not ‘interested’ in One Nation’s fundraisingWong says she isn’t concerned about One Nation’s fundraising efforts, but more about their policies. Pauline Hanson’s party says it has raised more than $1.5m in the last day, although those claims are unverified.I’m less interested in what Pauline Hanson fundraises an...

Burke brushes off One Nation threat to his seat – As it happened

The Guardian • 3 months ago

This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWong not ‘interested’ in One Nation’s fundraisingWong says she isn’t concerned about One Nation’s fundraising efforts, but more about their policies. Pauline Hanson’s party says it has raised more than $1.5m in the last day, although those claims are unverified.I’m less interested in what Pauline Hanson fundraises an...

Australia news live: Burke brushes off One Nation threat to his seat and says Hanson ‘hates my part of Sydney’

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWong not ‘interested’ in One Nation’s fundraisingWong says she isn’t concerned about One Nation’s fundraising efforts, but more about their policies. Pauline Hanson’s party says it has raised more than $1.5m in the last day, although those claims are unverified.I’m less interested in what Pauline Hanson fundraises a...

Ryanair investigated over charging parents to sit with their children

The Guardian • 3 months ago

UK competition watchdog investigates whether charge of about £8 is an unfair contract term under consumer lawBusiness live – latest updatesEurope’s biggest low-cost airline, Ryanair, is facing an investigation over the mandatory fee it charges a parent to sit with their child.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the Irish carrier’s terms and conditions require at least one parent to si...

Thursday briefing: What would it take for streets to be safe for all?

The Guardian • 3 months ago

In today’s newsletter: With violent crime declining but hate crime increasing, a look at what we can all do to make our shared spaces saferGood morning. Who is safe on Britain’s streets? Two acts of gross violence – the murder of Henry Nowak in Southampton and the stabbing of Stephen Ogilvie in Belfast – have been ruthlessly exploited by the far-right and now the spaces we all share are contested....

US and Iran exchange strikes for second day, as ceasefire appears close to collapse

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Explosions reported across Iran after Donald Trump vowed to ‘hit them hard again’, with Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan targeted by TehranMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US launched a new round of airstrikes on Iran into Thursday morning after Donald Trump warned Tehran would “pay the price” for stalled negotiations, prompting Iran to respond with strikes targeting Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan.The n...

Australia news live: Chalmers says Taylor ‘failed upwards’ as he criticises opposition leader for being out of touch

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWong not ‘interested’ in One Nation’s fundraisingWong says she isn’t concerned about One Nation’s fundraising efforts, but more about their policies. Pauline Hanson’s party says it has raised more than $1.5m in the last day, although those claims are unverified.I’m less interested in what Pauline Hanson fundraises a...

Lightning stops play: how electrical storms could disrupt the World Cup

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Under US rules, even a distant strike can suspend a game – and some will take place in Florida, the thunderstorm stateHot weather will be a major concern at the World Cup, but lightning may also prove a particular problem. Under US safety regulations, a strike within 10 miles (16km) of a stadium triggers a 30-minute suspension of the game, during which players must leave the pitch.The size of the ...

Home Office contractor investigates claims of staff racism and hate speech

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Whistleblowers from Mitie allege some employees have made offensive remarks or liked abusive social media postsOne of the government’s key contractors has launched an investigation into allegations of racism, antisemitism, Islamophobia and hate speech among staff working in immigration removal centres, the Guardian has learned.Whistleblowers from the company, Mitie, have alleged that some staff me...

Millions of homes in London, Essex and Kent at risk of sinking as climate crisis worsens

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Analysis pinpoints areas most vulnerable to hotter, drier weather causing ground to shrink and drag foundations downMillions of homes are at risk from climate-related subsidence, according toan analysis by the British Geological Survey (BGS).As hotter, drier summers driven by global heating become more frequent, the ground under houses can shrink and drag down a property’s foundations. The most vu...

How the Belfast stabbing was the spark to a fuse loaded with grievance and provocation

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Politicians, social media and far-right agitators convinced people that migrant-targeting violence would solve all their problemsWithin minutes of the footage going online – of a Black man stabbing a white man – there was a sense of inexorability to what came next in Northern Ireland.The grievances, the social media platforms, the politicians’ doublespeak and the international cheerleaders all pro...

We can’t deliver ‘like-for-like-services’ for people kicked off the NDIS, states warn Albanese government

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Plan to move 240,000 people off scheme leads states and territories to jointly warn they can’t ‘deliver like-for-like services to people who are exited from the NDIS’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastState and territory disability ministers have rung alarm bells over the Albanese government’s proposed overhaul of the ND...

Middle East crisis live: US and Iran trade strikes again, after Trump warns Tehran will ‘pay the price’ for stalled talks

The Guardian • 3 months ago

US launches second round of airstrikes on Iran, and Tehran responds by targeting Bahrain, Kuwait and JordanUS strikes Iran for second day, as ceasefire appears close to collapseThursday’s strikes are more evidence that Iran has the leverage in the negotiations with the Trump administration, according to Dan Shapiro, the former US ambassador to Israel.It is Trump that is desperate for them to sign ...

US says second day of strikes ‘completed’ – as it happened

The Guardian • 3 months ago

This blog has now closed – our coverage of this crisis in the Middle East continues hereIf the US genuinely wants a deal it will have to engage with Iranian demands on sanctions relief, says Danny Citrinowicz, the former head of the Iran branch of Israeli military intelligence.Today’s exchange of strikes shows how easily both Iran and the US can slide towards another round of escalation, says Citr...

Escaped prisoner who fled brother’s funeral believed to be in Melbourne, police say

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Orijol Rukaj was on pallbearer duties when he evaded corrections staff – and has been on the run for the six weeks sinceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice say it was a busy funeral – with about 300 people gathering at a Melbourne cemetery on Anzac Day to farewell the brother of Orijol Rukaj.Before assuming his dut...

Children hit by parents more likely to bully others, research finds

The Guardian • 3 months ago

The UCL study also found physically punished children were more likely to struggle in schoolChildren smacked by their parents struggle to get good exam results and are more likely to bully others, causing a negative impact on society, according to new research calling for smacking to be banned.The study by University College London (UCL) found that children in England who were physically punished ...

Australian billionaire Brett Blundy wages high-stakes campaign to oust chair of Victoria’s Secret

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Blundy’s investment firm, BBRC International, owns about 13% of the US-listed lingerie brand, giving it a potential platform to launch a hostile takeoverFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian billionaire Brett Blundy is waging a high-stakes campaign to oust the long-term chair of Victoria’s Secret & Co, settin...

Peter Weir receives inaugural AFTRS lifetime achievement award

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Director of Picnic at Hanging Rock and Gallipoli celebrated for defining Australian culture and ‘global influence on craft, form and storytelling’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPeter Weir, the director of Dead Poets Society, The Truman Show, Picnic at Hanging Rock and Gallipoli, was presented with the inaugural lifet...

Australia news live: PM casts doubt on One Nation’s $1.9m donation claim; radio listeners abandon Kiis after Kyle and Jackie O exit

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWong not ‘interested’ in One Nation’s fundraisingWong says she isn’t concerned about One Nation’s fundraising efforts, but more about their policies. Pauline Hanson’s party says it has raised more than $1.5m in the last day, although those claims are unverified.I’m less interested in what Pauline Hanson fundraises a...

States tell Albanese government that NDIS changes could mean people with disabilities are shifted into hospitals

The Guardian • 3 months ago

Plan to move 240,000 people off scheme leads states and territories to jointly warn they can’t ‘deliver like-for-like services to people who are exited from the NDIS’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastState and territory disability ministers have rung alarm bells over the Albanese government’s proposed overhaul of the ND...